Keeper for coins



(No Model.)

0. J. HANDHELD.

KEEPER FUR SOINS, MEDALS, 0R THB LIKE. Y Y No. 495,248. Patented Apr.14-1, 1893.

p "Il UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OLIVER J. HANDFIELD, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

KEEPER FOR COINS, MEDALS, OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,248, dated April11, 1893. e

Application iiled January 2l, 1893. Serial No. 459,130. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLIVER J. HANDFIELD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Keepers forCoins, Medals, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved keeper orsuspending device for a coin or medallion,one which will be simple,cheap and practicable of construction, easy of attachment upon the coinor medal, and above all very secure in its engagement therewith.

The invention to these ends consists in the construction or formation ofthe keeper all substantially as will hereinafter fully appear and be setforth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure lis a side view of the keeper applied on a coin. Fig. 2 is anenlarged perspective view of the keeper. Fig. 3 is a centrallongitudinal sectional view of one end portion of the keeper, and Fig. 4is a transverse section of a part of the keeper and the coin or medal.

The keeper comprises the band or strip, a, of arcform, preferably equalto about, or a little more than, half of a semicircle and it hasintermediate between its ends the outwardly extended eye, b. The saidarc-formed strip has, at its concave edge several pairs of opposing andinwardly extended lugs, d, d, with the angularly extended or approachedlips, d2, as shown.

In Figs. l and 3 the keeper is shown as having within the grasp thereofa coin, the lugs, d, d, extending at each side of the rim, while thelips, d2, are pressed inwardly to engage the slight bead or edgeflanges, fr. The lipprovided lugs are preferably made integral with thestrip, a, and the whole is of a suitable ductile or malleable metal oralloy so that the lugs, after having been forced from their spreadrelations, seen in Fig. 2, to their closer approach for holding thecoin, will remain in their set positions, with no tendency for spring oroutward distension. The concave side or edge of the strip, a., asindicated at f, is transversely serrated between the lugs whereby to litinto the milling or knurling on the edge of the coin or medal, thusfurthermore conducing to the secure retention of the latter. The eye, b,of course, affords a ready means of. connection withk a watch-chain orsuspension cord or ribbon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A keeper for a coin or medal consisting of an arc-formed strip havingat its middle the outwardly extended eye, and having at its concave edgepairs of inwardly extended opposing lugs, substantially as described.

2. A keeper for a coin or medal consisting of an arc-formed strip havingat its middle the outwardly extended eye, and having at its concave edgepairs of inwardly extended opposing lugs, with the angularly extended orapproached lips, substantially as described.

3. A keeper for a coin or medal consisting` of an arc-formed striphaving at the middle of its convex side the eye and having at itsconcave edge the inwardly extended opposing lugs with the angularlyextended or approached lips, and the portions of the concave sidebetween the lugs transversely serrated, substantially as described.

OLIVER J. HANDFIELD.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, J. D. GARFIELD.

